Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The  longlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Lucy Hamilton has been appointed general manager/CEO of Express Media, replacing Pippa Bainbridge in the position. Hamilton was previously partnerships coordinator for Regional Arts Victoria. Express Media chair Tracy O’Shaughnessy...

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Writer and artist Anwen Crawford has been selected as the University of Technology Sydney’s New Writer in Residence for 2017-18. Crawford will use the residency to work on her second...

Monday, 28 August 2017
The federal government has declined to support the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to introduce a fair use exception to copyright law, and will instead consult on developing more flexible copyright exceptions next year....

Thursday, 24 August 2017
Literary journal Overland’s second residency program, which is ‘aimed at addressing a lack of opportunities for marginalised writers’, has opened for entries from Indigenous writers at any stage of their...

Wednesday, 23 August 2017
HarperCollins will partner with audiobook publisher Bolinda to jointly produce audio editions of HarperCollins’ Australian titles. About 50 titles from HarperCollins’ frontlist and backlist will be published for the launch...

Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Australian book industry’s price and availability service TitlePage relaunched on the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) platform on 23 August. The APA said users will notice ‘some design improvements’, as well...